Offshore News


Proserve Set for International Growth and Expansion

Sep 06, 2011

Production technology services provider Proserv has created a new platform for robust and sustainable growth after restructuring its business into a fully integrated global organisation with a new company brand and fresh strategic focus. The new organisation…

Bureau Veritas Extends Class to Offshore Drilling Safety

Sep 06, 2011

International classification society Bureau Veritas has extended its classification rules to include the items of drilling equipment which are essential for the safety of offshore drilling operations. These rules cover well control equipment including Blow-Out Preventers…

Barclays Corporate Oil and Gas Exceeds 2010 Energy Deal Totals

Sep 06, 2011

Barclays Corporate oil and gas team announces it has provided funding for global energy deals amounting to US$1.26billion so far this year. The facilities have been provided for organisations operating in the UK and internationally, comprising…

Northern Offshore Wins Contract for Jackup Rig

Sep 06, 2011

Northern Offshore, Ltd., operator of production and drilling vessels for the global offshore oil and gas industry, won a contract from Maersk for the jackup Energy Enhancer. The contract, worth in excess of £20million will see the Energy Enhancer…

Real-Time Anchor & Riser Monitoring System (RAMS) for FPSOs

Sep 01, 2011

Tritech has developed a system for the real-time integrity monitoring of mooring lines, umbilicals and risers on Floating Production Storage and Offloading Units (FPSOs). RAMS (Riser and Anchor Monitoring System) is a 360 degree riser and…

BMT Offers CNRI Decommissioning Support

Sep 01, 2011

BMT Cordah won a contract by Canadian Natural Resources International (CNRI).  This project will see BMT provide vital support and guidance for the environmental aspects during two of CNRI’s decommissioning projects, both of which are currently in the planning and consenting phase…

GulfMark Orders Three PSVs from Poland

Aug 31, 2011

GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: GLF) announced the initiation of a vessel construction program. The first three vessels in the program will be built by Remontowa Shipbuilding SA in Gdansk, Poland, and consists of two 1000 square meter deck area…

MTNW & Delmar – New Approaches to Offshore Mooring

Aug 31, 2011

Measurement Technology NW (MTNW) implemented its running line tensiometer (RLT) technology with a Samson synthetic rope in an offshore mooring monitoring project engineered by Delmar Systems.  This implementation is MTNW’s first use of tension measurement technology with 2”+ synthetic ropes…

Bourbon Announces 1H Results

Aug 31, 2011

“We have arrived at the end of a downturn that has lasted since late 2008, and the market for modern offshore vessels is now turning around. BOURBON has every chance of being the first to benefit from this new turn of events thanks to a high-performance modern fleet and a worldwide network…

BOEMRE Holds Technical Permitting Workshop

Aug 30, 2011

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced that the bureau has developed and implemented several new tools to help offshore oil and gas operators improve their exploration and development plan and permit applications…

Ampol Performs Cleanup on Platform Recovery Project

Aug 29, 2011

American Pollution Control Corp. (AMPOL), a leading oil spill response and total environmental solutions provider, has completed the oil spill recovery and environmental cleanup on a recovered platform in Terrebonne Parish.Located offshore then transported to Dulac…

Fairmount Helps Position FPSO Skarv Idun

Aug 29, 2011

Fairmount Marine’s powerful tugs Fairmount Sherpa and Fairmount Summit have towed FPSO Skarv Idun to the field in the northern Norwegian Sea after it was completed and prepared in Norway. Both tugshad already performed the tow of FPSO Skarv Idun from Korea to Norway earlier this year…

DnB NOR Global E&P Spending Report: Growth Continues

Aug 29, 2011

The 65 oil companies covered in DnB NO’s fifth annual E&P spending report expect a spending increase of 14% in 2011, 8% in 2012 and 7% in 2013. For 2011 we expect activity growth in line with last year; however, service costs are increasing…

Harvey Gulf Announces Plans for 3 New LNG-Powered Boats

Aug 28, 2011

Initial deal worth $165 million; $300 million for 6 additional newbuilds and another $500 million for acquisitions also approved.  Harvey Gulf International Marine announced Saturday that it will sign a deal for three LNG vessels to be built by Signal Shipbuilding…

Loop Current Eddy Halts Work at GoM Projects

Aug 26, 2011

The most recent Loop Current eddy to halt operations in the Gulf of Mexico with 4.0+ knot currents shows no sign of letting up any time soon.  In support of multiple projects, Horizon Marine has mobilized three of its ocean current monitoring systems to provide fine-scale monitoring of Eddy Hadal*…

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